The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the UmayyadsRoutledge, 04/07/2013 - 704 من الصفحات The history of the Arabs in antiquity from their earliest appearance around 853 BC until the first century of Islam, is described in this book. It traces the mention of people called Arabs in all relevant ancient sources and suggests a new interpretation of their history. It is suggested that the ancient Arabs were more a religious community than an ethnic group, which would explain why the designation 'Arab' could be easily adopted by the early Muslim tribes. The Arabs of antiquity thus resemble the early Islamic Arabs more than is usually assumed, both being united by common bonds of religious ideology and law. |
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The neglected cousins | |
Arabs in the eyes of outsiders | |
The problem of the earliest Arabs | |
Ammians description of Arabia and Arabs and its background | |
Arabs versus Saraceni and tayyayé | |
Arabs in Talmudic sources | |
Arabs in South Arabia | |
Arabs in South Arabia from the fourth to the sixth century | |
The picture of Arabs in proIslamic sources | |
The linguistic issue | |
The Arabs and their religion | |
Arabs in cuneiform sources | |
Tiglath Pileser III | |
the people of Attarshamayin | |
The late judaean kingdom and Arabia | |
The disappearing Arabs | |
the Arabs from the Assyrians to the Umayyads | |
General index | |
Index locorum | |
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According Achaemenid afrab al—Hira Alexander Alexander’s ancient Antiquities arabioi Arabs Aramaic Aretas Arrian Assurbanipal Assyrian at-Tabari Babylonia bedouin belong border called camels campaign Cassius Cassius Dio century BC Chronicles conflict connected conquest cult Damascus Diodorus documented Dumah east Edom Egypt empire Eph’al Eratosthenes Euphrates evidence fact farab first frankincense Gazira Genesis geographical Geschichte Greek groups Gulf Hatra Herodotus Hieronymus Higaz idem identical identified influence inhabitants inscriptions Iranian Ishmael Islamic Josephus king kingdom Knauf land language later meaning mentioned Mesopotamia Muslim Nabataeans Negev nomads northern Old Testament originally Palestine Parthian passage peninsula period Persian Petra Pliny political Posidonius pre—Islamic present—day probably Ptolemy Qedar Quraysh Red Sea refer reflect region reign Roman rulers Saba Sabaean Saracens second century seems Seleucid sources South Arabia southern story Strabo Syria Syrian desert Tarikh term third century town tradition Transjordan tribes Umayyad Wissmann word Yarab Yemenis